We’ll post regular round-ups of patent reexamination related news from respected intellectual property blogs and online news sources.  December 5 – 11, 2009 saw the following news:

The Virginia IP Law blog reports on the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences rejecting more of NTP’s patents, and notes that this signals further trouble for NTP’s pending patent lawsuits.  Read the full post here: http://www.virginiaiplaw.com/2009/12/articles/patent/word-to-the-wise-enforce-your-patents-before-theyre-rejected/

On December 9, the Georgia Patent Law Blog reported on a local district court judge granting a stay of the proceedings pending an inter partes reexamination of the patent-in-suit.  Read the full post here: http://www.georgiapatentlaw.com/2009/12/order-granting-motion-to-stay-pending.html.

School Transportation News reported on how patent reexamination is the latest legal twist in a litigation involving wireless mobile lifts.  Read the full story here: http://www.stnonline.com/home/latest-news/1717-gray-manufacturingstertil-koni-patent-lawsuit-being-reexamined
Finally, three lawyer-authored articles appeared online earlier this week concerning the subject of patent reexamination:

• Mass High Tech: “Patent reform benefits high-tech companies”
• Corporate Counsel:  “Get Out of the Way of Innovation!”
• LexisNexis: “Reexaminations–Fertile Ground in the Changing Landscape of Patent Law”